Pumpkin Seeds are the system that ties traders, creators, and incentives into one coherent economy.
Season model
Season 1: approximately 12 weeks
Accounting cadence: weekly
Distribution day: every Tuesday, based on the prior week’s contribution
This weekly rhythm creates predictable engagement and allows users to plan behavior around a clear incentive calendar.
Four contributor classes
Seeds primarily reward four categories of contribution:
(1) Real traders: genuine fills and long-term activity
Pumpkin seeds reward sustained, real activity rather than superficial volume.
(2) Loss subsidy: weekly net-loss users receive pumpkin seeds
Users with net losses in a week receive Seeds subsidies to reduce attrition and encourage learning. This is a deliberate retention mechanism: it turns losses into a continuing relationship rather than an exit point.
(3) Liquidation subsidy: controlled and capped
Rules:
at most one liquidation subsidy per week
at most three times per season per user
This is designed to reinforce risk awareness, not encourage reckless leverage.
(4) Streaming rewards: high-quality creators and active rooms
Seeds reward creators who produce valuable content and drive meaningful activity. Metrics can include active viewer minutes, retention, strategy usage, and verified engagement.
Weekly transparency as a product requirement
Pumpkin seeds must not feel like a black box. A formal Seeds UI should show:
weekly breakdown by category
why the user qualified
what actions improve next week’s score
Seeds buyback program (coming soon)
Pumpkin will allocate a portion of platform profits to buy back pumpkin seeds. This creates two potential pathways for users:
holding pumpkin seeds for future TGE conversion, and
selling pumpkin seeds through buyback-driven demand.
